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tintypes (photographs)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photographs produced by the wet collodion process directly on lacquered metal, usually iron.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Maida Rossiter Bailey photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1158
Abstract Collection consists of black and white photographs, and a small number of tintypes, most compiled into two photograph albums. One album includes professional portraits of members of the Bailey, Price, Brooks, Hopper, Mellon, Roberts, Westcott, and Stroud families. The other includes snapshots of rural areas, people, and livestock in North Carolina, Florida, Key West and Arizona. Maida Rossiter Bailey (died 1972) was the dean of Women at Reed College and owned a ranch with her husband,...
Dates: circa 1865-1899